Argentina Asks Supreme Court to Protect It From ‘Vulture’ Hedge Fund
By Peter Coy From Bloomberg It’s hard to decide which is the less sympathetic party appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court today. Is it Argentina, which has repeatedly defaulted on foreign debt? Or is it a hedge fund controlled by…
Amicorp Cayman Islands
Ian Goddard is an Accredited Director with over seventeen years experience in the financial services industry in the Cayman Islands. He has an in-depth knowledge of the Cayman Islands corporate legislation and regulatory regime and has held director positions on…
Status quo for Caribbean Airlines – chaos surrounds the would-be flag carrier of the region
From CAPA –Centre For Aviation The board of beleaguered carrier Caribbean Airlines, the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago, has reportedly undertaken an evaluation of the airline’s routes as its long-haul operation to London continues to underperform. The analysis occurs…
The Editor Speaks: Flu hits me hard
After trying to fight off flu like symptoms for nearly a week I finally succumbed to the evil bug over Easter and am still riding the dragon. I almost never get influenza. I rarely get a cold. I used to…
84 Christian schoolgirls kidnapped by Jihadists still missing
By Justin King From Digital Journal Lagos – The search for the schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram continues in the remote and rugged terrain controlled by the insurgent group. Some family members have armed themselves and joined the search,…
CEC providing vital new source of customers for Cayman’s small businesses
Initial projections that the creation of the Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) special economic zone would stimulate the local economy are now becoming reality. More than 100 companies have set up in the zone and local vendors and service providers, both…
Changes to the Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership Law
Article by Bryan Hunter, Simon Raftopoulos, Ian Gobin and Julian Black Appleby Last Updated: 22 April 2014 The Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership Law, since its original enactment in 1991, has allowed the Cayman Islands to attract high quality business…
Courtesy visit from UNHCR’s Buti Kale
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin recently visited with Dr. Buti Kale, Deputy Regional Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Premier’s office at the Government Administration Building. Dr. Kale, who was making a courtesy…
RPT-Fitch Rates Kasikornbank’s Senior Notes Final ‘BBB+’
Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:12pm IST Fitch Ratings has assigned Kasikornbank Public Company Limited’s (KBank; BBB+/Stable) USD350m senior unsecured notes due October 2019 a final rating of ‘BBB+’. The notes are issued under KBank’s USD2.5bn euro medium term note (EMTN)…
1MDB placed RM12.5bil out with foreign fund managers
From The Star PETALING JAYA: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has placed out a total of US$3.8bil (RM12.5bil) in the hands of overseas fund managers, based on the details of its accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2013. The…
